craigmancie

Sally44 - no he doesnt have a statement, he is in primary 3 at the moment. He currently attends a ASD specific school but from what i can gather they offer no child support within this centre after Primary 4 The mainstream school from the start have struggled to cope with my son, and have only managed to cope due to using techniques passed onto them from the ASD school. His LST in mainstream would i believe openly say they are unable to cope with him full time and without any support

My son is 9, was diagnosed with ASD at 3 and has been well support by the local authority up until now!!! He at the moment attends mainstream school 2 days a week and a special ASD school 3 days a week. The LST at the mainstream school get a lot of support from the staff in the ASD school...you couldnt ask for a better service and he is doing so well at school. Today however i found out he has to be integrated into mainstream full time by DEC 2012 as the ASD school does not provide support beyond P4?? This is such a huge jump for him and i do not feel he will be ready but what choice do i have? They are unable to support him full time in mainstream with a LST and im not sure this is suitable anyway! If 'they' decide he still needs additional support once in mainstream, he may be able to go to a special needs centre but this is for a wide spectrum of learning support needs and is not individually targeted (his acedemic ability far exceeds this) It just sounds like he is going to be dumped and expected to cope!! Would you move to be closer to a school that continues to support beyond P4? would this be the best thing for my son? Any help appreciated